Cigar-can.



E. B. BICKER.

CIGAR CAN.

APPLlcATloN FILED SEPT. 30. |915.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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WHITE@ STATE@ PATENT FFIIEE EDGAR B. BIGKER,` OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,.ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ERNEST EIClKI-IOFE,A OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Spcccaton of Letters' Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

Application filed September 30, 115. Serial No. 53,443.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR B. BICKR, a citizenof the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and eXactdescription, reference being had to th'e accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar cans, and the obj ect ofmy invention is to construct a can having a cedar lining and to providethe can with a metallic reinforcement at its bottom to hold in place theboti tom ofthe can, and also a hinged lid a1'- ranged to reinforce thecan when in a closed position.

lVith the above object in view my invention consists in certain noveldetails of construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fullyset forth, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a can embodying myimprovements shown partly in section.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sectional elevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the can.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental rear elevation showing the hinged connectionbetween the lid and can.

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan showing the means for binding the ends of thecan body and cedar lining, and

Fig. 6 is an elevation on a reduced scale of the metallic reinforcingstrip for the bottom of the can.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 7 designates thebody of the can which is preferably made of jute board and from a blankof rectangular form, and 8 designates the lining of the can proper whichis made of cedar veneer and preferably secured to the jute board in theblank by adhesion.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the jute board extends beyondthe cedar lining forming a bottom flange 9 to which I secure a bindingin the form of a metallic strip 10 which strip as shown in Fig. 6 isprovided throughout its length with a channel 11 designed to receive andhold in place the bottom 12 of the can. At intervals throughout thelength of the strip I ,form the notches 13 which intercept the channel11 and facilitate the bending of the strip at the corners of the can.

At the top of the can body I apply a metallic binding strip 14 whichembraces both the cedar lining` and the jute board as clearly shown inFig. 2, and through the can body as well as said strip 14 at one side ofthe ca'n I form openings 15 whereby to provide for the hinging of thelid as hereinafter explained'. In the said strip 14 opposite saidopening 15 I provide a depression 1G which cooperates with the' lockingelement carried by the lid as hereinafter described.

In the making of this can body as just described I take a rectangularblank comprising a sheet of jute board and a sheet of cedar veneer, ofless height than the jute board, and glue the veneer to the jute board.

lhile this jute board and veneer is still in the fiat. I bind the lowermargin of the jute board beneath the cedar lining with the strip 10. Ithen secure the strip 14 at the other end of said jute board and cedarlining to embrace both. I then take the bottom 12 which consists of asubstantially rectangular piece of cedar with rounded corners and insertthe edge of the bottom 1Q into the channel 11, then 'bend the can bodycomprising the jute body and cedar around the bottom 12, at the sametime of course bending with said can body the strips 10 and 14.

The loose 'ends of the can body are then secured together as clearlyshown in Fig. 5 by means of a metallic stitching strip 17. The lid 18consists of a. single piece of sheet metal generally of rectangularform, having at its margin a bead 19 which occupies a plane removed fromthe plane of the lid and which bead 19 when the lid is in place embracesthe strip 14 at the top of the can as clearly shown in Fig. Q, for thepurpose of preventing collapse of the sides of the can. At the one sideof the lid I provide the integral ears 20 which form with the openings15 of the can a hinged connection between the lid and can. As shown inFig. 4 of the drawings at a point between the ears 20 a portion of thebead 19 of the lid is removed, and in the lid body alining with saidremoved portion of the bead as shown in Fig. 3 I depress from the lidbody the strips 21 which form a holding means for a locking bar 22having at its one end a bead 23 being a counter part of the bead of thelid proper.

At the other end of the locking bar22 I provide a point 24 arranged toco-act with the depression 16 in the metallic strip 14C as a lockingmeans to prevent opening of the lid. It will be apparent from thisdescription that I have provided a relatively cheap can body possessingthe advantage of a cedar can and that by reason of the peculiarconstruction of the metallic reinforce I have in a very cheap,expeditious and advantageous manner guarded against the possible loss ofcan bottoms without having had to resort to securing them in place bygluing, and that I have provided a can which may be locked in transitand wherein the lid having a channel which embraces the can body lelfectually prevents bending or cambering of the can body to el'ec-tloosening of the lock. A further advantage arising from the employmentof a reinforcing strip at the top of the can is to facilitate theremoval and application of the lid for it is well known that the jute aswell as the cedar lining are susceptible to dimension variations, orshrinking, stretching or warping, and if the lid were applied direct tothe can body much difliculty would be experienced in the removing andplacing of the lid, were it not for Copies of this patent may beobtained for the metallic strip which holds the can top to liXeddimensions.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States therefor is v Acan comprising a non-circular bottom a can body made from alsubstantially rectangula-r blank and comprising inner and outerelements, the innermost element having a lesser dimension in onedirection than the outer element, a metallic binding for reinforcingboth of said elements along one margin, a second metallic binding forreinforcing the outermost element only, along its margin opposite theiirst mentioned metallic binding, said second metallic binding beingchanneled to receive the margins of lthe noncircular bottom and therebeing notches intersecting said channel whereby to permit the bindingelement to be bent about the non-circular bottom, and means for securingthe can body around said bottom.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR B. BICKER.

Witnesses:

It. G. ORwIG, E. L. WALLACE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

